New York's mistakes weren't limited to the players, either. Oh no, Bobby /WJ3sjWqR2d- NFLonCBS January 9, 2017Īll of these mistakes contributed to the Giants' blowing that early lead and to their not being able to stage a comeback late. Eli started pretty hot, firing passes to Odell Beckham, Sterling Shepard and Victor Cruz early, but the Giants couldn't manage to find the end zone despite a couple pretty good drives - thanks mostly to several untimely drops. Manning's road winning streak is now snapped, his Lambeau record is no longer unblemished and he's now 0-4 in the playoffs in years other than 20. And he entered this game having gone 8-0 in the postseason during New York's two miraculous Super Bowl runs and 0-3 in all other playoff games.
He entered this game 2-0 at Lambeau Field in his postseason career. Playoff EliĮli Manning entered this game with five straight road playoff wins, an NFL record. TOUCHDOWN, #GoPackGo - NFL January 9, 2017Ĭobb finished the afternoon with eight catches for 125 yards and a score. TD! #GoPackGo #NFLPlayoffs - NFL January 9, 2017 Once Jordy Nelson went down with a rib injury, Rodgers turned to Cobb as his big play man again, and Cobb stepped up when needed. 1 target when these two teams played way back in Week 5, racking up nine catches for 108 yards. Here are a few more things to know about Green Bay's 38-13 win. That failure, as much as anything else, is why the Giants are going home and the Packers are heading to Dallas to take on the Cowboys in the second round. The Giants continued to make mistakes on special teams and continued to drop passes as well, but that all might not have mattered quite as much if they'd managed to build a bigger lead early on. The Packers offense got into quite a bit more of a rhythm in the second half, with more effectiveness on the ground complementing Rodgers' better play and both Randall Cobb (more on him in a second) and Davante Adams dominating their matchups. #GoPackGo #NFLPlayoffs - NFL January 8, 2017
All of a sudden the Packers had a 7-6 lead despite being badly outplayed for the entire half. The Giants turned three trips inside Green Bay's 35-yard line into only six points, and so held just a scant 6-0 lead before Rodgers finally managed to get things rolling.Ī 31-yard pass to Davante Adams down the right sideline led to a touchdown pass to Adams two plays later, complete with Rodgers scampering around the pocket for nine seconds before firing a laser into a tight window.
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Rodgers kept having to scramble around to buy time, and even when he did avoid the rush, the Giants managed to get to him with a sack before one of Green Bay's receivers broke free of coverage.Ĭonsidering the Giants had 194 yards to their name at the time, one would think they held a comfortable lead. Rodgers could barely find anyone open against New York's stellar secondary, even with Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie on the sideline due to an injury suffered early on. To that point, the Packers had just 20 total yards. For 26 minutes and 15 seconds of the first half, the New York Giants held Aaron Rodgers and the Green Bay Packers offense in check.
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